Friday, January 25, 2008

Cheers and Jeers: Tumbleweed Edition

Ingredients:
Its the week between the conference championships and the Super Bowl. The NBA hasn't hit the all-star break, spring training barely on the horizon, and the official start to the NCAA season (UNC v. Duke) hasn't happened yet. So reporters, columnists and bloggers alike really have to search for topics . I would like to believe that this lull is the reason why the topic of should Tomlinson have played was even raised. Sure world renowned tough guy Deon Sanders spouted out about it but he wasn't alone. From sportsline to espn to that crazy guy on the corner of the street who tried to sell me an umbrella during a snow storm there was this undercurrent that somehow Tomlinson wimped out and NEEDED to play. Its comments like this that make me think that reporters and sports columnist have given up differentiating themselves from that crazy guy on the street. Last time I checked most columnists don't have medical degrees and certainly weren't the ones examining LT. He had a sprained MCL (short hand for its torn in the case of the MCL a 3-5 week injury). He had never had a history of missing a game. So we take a severe injury for a guy that never misses a game and come to the conclusion he just should've played? I too can make ridiculous conclusions like I should be having sex with Jessica Alba at the moment. But those SHOULD statements are nowhere connected to reality. Please, please sports media types, don't make medical diagnosis. You demean us all.

onto Cheering And Jeering

Jeers: Steven A. Smith. Speaking of demeaning us all good ole Steven A. has joined us bloggers. Whew for those worried they weren't getting enough of daily Steven A. insights he now has a blog.

Cheers: To Roger Federer. Yes he was eliminated today in the Australian Open but lets all take a moment to gawk at his ridiculous 10 straight Grand Slam Final appearances.

Cheers/Jeers: To the new Bond film. On the negative side the title is: Quantum of Solace. I don't have a clue what that means. Which makes me confused and angry. On the plus side Olga Kurylenko will be in the film (see below)

Jeers: Any discussion about Tom Brady's foot. He's playing. Any other discussion is boring me. Please guys try to have SportsCenter as a step up from Entertainment Tonight.

Sean Taylor Memorial Beatdown: Goes to the Cavs Victory over the Wizard. In the decisive third quarter the Cavs outscored the Wiz 43-17. They had 39 assists to 5 turnovers. That my friends is a recipe for a beatdown.

And your C&J Gal of the Week is....Danielle Lloyd (who has managed to have an outstanding modeling career despite being allergic to clothes)



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